Idaho Falls Channel Translator Plans New Local Channel
Better TV Inc seeks to add Idaho Falls Channel by moving Salt Lake channels on the North Cache Valley translator. A $15 family fund drive funds the change as Channel 2 Salt Lake shifts to 68 and Channel 3 Idaho Falls moves to 82. FCC approval secured.
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Cache Valley
Salt Lake
Better Tv, Inc
Idaho Falls
Burton Martin
Salt Lake City
Federal Communications Commission
Idaho
Two Council Posts Up For Election
Two city council seats will be on the ballot this year with petitions available at the city office. Petitions may be filed between October 7 and 12 days before the election on November 9, with terms expiring for Glenn Gamble and Harold Pinson.
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Rhys Swainston
Teachers Get Big 100000 Bonanza From Old Retirement Fund
About 35 Franklin County teachers received a combined 117000 in refunds from the old State Teachers Retirement system. Checks ranged up to 5335.61 for Eastside teachers and 5814.52 for West Side teachers. West Side totals reached 20944.10 with others in Eastside sharing the rest. Superintendent Lyle Porter notes a booklet with each check warns teachers to beware of con men seeking their retirement money.
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Franklin County
Old State
Eastside
West Side
Bastalde
Lyle Porter
Cost Estimate for Rodeo Grounds Upgrade Reaches 32000
The Pres ton Chamber of Commerce board estimates total cost to complete the rodeo grounds at about 32000 dollars. Plan calls for installing new bleachers on the arena’s south and west sides as part of the project. Chamber representatives plan to meet county commissioners to discuss funding and county assignment of stock once the project moves forward.
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Preston Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Commerce
Schedul
Ithe Ratteounty
County ASC Names Heads At Convention
Blaine Gamble of Preston elected chairman of Franklin County ASC with Reed McGregor as vice chair and LaGrand Spatig as regular member. Robert Geddes named first alternate and Linden Beckstead second alternate. Terms run three years with one new member yearly. Spatig completing third year. McGregor in second year. Gamble in first.
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Blaine Gamble
Preston
Franklin County
ASCS
Reed McGregor
LaGrand Spatig
Robert Geddes
Linden Beckstead
Spatig
Mr. McGregor
Gamble
Governor Sees BR Agreement Acceptable to Water
Governor Don Samuelson indicated a Bear River development plan could win Idaho support but stressed no draft can begin without a complete study of the river's resources. He cited ongoing Utah Idaho studies due for completion by July 1 and noted past objections from some water users along the river.
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Don W. Samuelson
Associated ‘Press
Samuelson
Ax News
Utah
Calvin Rampton
Salt Lake
Wyoming
Idaho
Great Salt Lake
Southeastern
Forest Notes on Fire Safety in Preston District
District Ranger Ralph Roberts reports no forest fires in the Preston District this season despite extreme dryness from mid August to late September. He credits visitors' cautions with fires and cigarettes and warns that a few hot dry days could reignite danger. He urges full attention to extinguishing warming and cooking fires and to crush smoking materials.
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Preston
Ralph Roberts
Roberts
Reed Benson to Speak in Preston Friday Night
Reed A Benson son of Ezra Taft Benson and National Director of Public Relations for the John Birch Society will speak at Preston High School auditorium Friday at 8 p.m. The event is sponsored by the Preston Lions Club Predion Kiwanis and county TACT committee and is open to the public without charge. Benson has held multiple posts with the society and has a long political and educational background. The Lewiston Sugar factory will begin operation next week for the 1967 campaign with sugar beets being processed starting October 11 aiming to harvest about 6,200 acres and increase next year’s beet acreage despite a smaller district total.
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Reed A Benson
Ezra Taft Benson
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John Birch Society
Preston
Preston High School
Preston Lions Club
Predion N Kiwanis Club
Gene Hawkes
Benson
Utah-Southern Idaho
Washington, DC
Brigham Young University
Europe
Eng
Anz Air Force
Republican, National Committee
National Republican ‘Congressional Committee
Washington
Eage
Strong
Rand
Bancroft
Bancroft-Grace
Sugar Company
Lewiston
Ae Sugar . Company
Fielamen
Memorial seeks war hero stories for county memorial
James B McQueen leads a drive to collect veterans stories for a Preston Cemetery District memorial to service members. Copies of citations will be made at the Federal Land Bank in Preston and placed in the monument now under carving in Pocatello, aiming for a Veterans Day dedication.
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War Memorial Committee
James B. McQueen
Preston Cemetery
McQueen
Federal Land Bank
Preston
Pocatello
Bid Opening Set For Weston Road
Dayton-Utah Line road project bids set for October 31 to be opened at the Idaho Department of Highways Boise office. District Engineer Orion L. Grunerud says the project covers 8.959 miles from the Utah state line to Dayton with building, drainage structures and bituminous surfacing and should finish within 150 working days after start.
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C. Ed Flandro
Board of
Highway Directors
Department of Highways
Boise
Orion L. Grunerud
Pocatello
Grunerud
Utah State Line
Dayton Road
District board election nomination details and terms
Nominations for the district board election must follow the district law with signatures from at least 10 qualified electors who own land or reside in the district. Terms expire December 215. Petition filings are required by law for candidacy and involve certification by the election authority.
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M. Hawkes
SCSD
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